twenty-one

Gao Shiqi has been very uneasy these days, and finally took a look at the empty space and went to Suo'etu's mansion. He was worried that the words he said to the emperor in the south study would let Suo Etu know. In this palace, it is difficult to say who is who.

Gao Shiqi is an old man in Suo'etu Mansion, and he is exempt from entering the mansion to go to the door bag. The porter did not treat him respectfully, but still called him a high minister. In the winter of last year, the emperor set up the south study, and Gao Shiqi went in, and he was also promoted to the sixth grade of the Chinese book. The concierge of Suofu knew about it, and when he saw him coming to the house to ask for peace, he greeted him with a smile and called him tall. When they went inside, they all said that Master Gao was coming. Suo Etu was furious when he heard this: "Where do I have any tall people here? While speaking, Gao Shiqi had already entered the garden with his family, and Suo Etu scolded: "You dog slave, the emperor let you enter the south study, and you came to me to show off?" What an adult! Gao Shiqi hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Suo Xiangguo forgives his sins!" How dare a minion! It's all the people at the door screaming. Suo Etu was full of anger and scolded for half an hour. Since then, the whole family still only calls him Gao Xianggong.

Suo Etu lay on the couch in the flower hall with his upper body exposed, and when he heard that Gao Shiqi came, he didn't go back to the house to change his clothes. Gao Shiqi bowed forward and knelt down, kowtowed and said, "Slave Gao Shiqi greets the master!" ”

Suo Etu snorted in his nostrils and said, "The emperor has alienated the old man, and you, a dog slave, are also afraid of seeing the old man?" ”

Gao Shiqi kowtowed again and said, "Master Suo will always be the master of the slaves. It's just that I've been on duty in the south study room recently, and I can't separate myself. ”

Suo Etu sat up and said, "Raise your head and let the old man look at you!" ”

Gao Shiqi slowly raised his head, looked at Suo Etu with humility, and hurriedly lowered his eyes. Suo Etu's face was full of flesh, his eyes were blood-red, and he was very afraid of people. Did he really know about the South Study? Gao Shiqi thought like this, and his chest pounded. He is more afraid of Suo Etu than he is afraid of the emperor, this reckless man has no reason to talk about it.

Suo Etu looked at Gao Shiqi and said coldly: "You are getting more and more promising. ”

Gao Shiqi kowtowed again: "The minions are all from Master Suo!" ”

Suo Etu was still lying down, his eyes turned to other places, and asked, "How are Mingzhu and Chen Tingjing close?" ”

Gao Shiqi replied: "The emperor sent Chen Tingjing a messenger to go to Shandong. Chen Tingjing said good things for Master Suo! ”

Gao Shiqi said, and looked at Suo Etu's face again. When he said this, he wanted to see if Suo Etu really knew about Nan's study; The second seems to be frank, in case Suo Etu hears about it, he insists that there is a villain in the middle.

It seems that Suo Etu didn't hear anything, but he didn't accept Chen Tingjing's affection, and said: "The old man needs him to say good things?" ”

Gao Shiqi was relieved at this time, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said: "Yes, yes, Chen Tingjing is not looking at Lord Suo is a relative of the emperor, maybe one day the emperor will be happy, and you will be reinstated." ”

Suo Etu glanced at Gao Shiqi coldly: "Do you remember to walk around with me, do you also look at this?" ”

Gao Shiqi bowed down again: "Lord Suo's kindness, the slave is unforgettable!" The slave has long said that in this life and this life, the slave will always be the master's person! Master Suo, Chen Tingjing and Mingzhu have done it again. ”

Suo Etu seemed interested, and asked, "Why?" ”

Gao Shiqi told the Shandong governor Fulun about the excerpt, but he put his own argument with Chen Tingjing on Mingzhu.

Suo Etu nodded and said, "This Chen Tingjing, don't look at him who usually doesn't talk much or do much, when it comes to the bones, he dares to act!" ”

Gao Shiqi asked: "Lord Suo shouldn't appreciate Chen Tingjing, right?" ”

Suo Etu sneered: "Joke, who can the old man appreciate?" ”

Gao Shiqi hurriedly climbed up the pole: "Yes, yes, Master Suo's talent, there is no second person in the dynasty, but it is a pity that the traitor was framed and temporarily wronged." ”

When Suo Etu heard this, he became even more annoyed, and pointed at the sky and scolded for a long time. Gao Shiqi lay on the ground, and he didn't dare to come out. The people also bowed their heads and bowed their waists, panicking. Only the parrot on the shelf didn't know what was going on, and followed Suo Etu to learn: "Pearl Dog Day, Pearl Dog Day." The men were so frightened that they hurriedly took down the parrot stand and carried it out.

Suo Etu scolded, and suddenly asked, "I heard that Mingzhu Mansion is very lively?" ”

Gao Shiqi didn't dare to lie all the time, and said something half-truthful: "Mingzhu often asks the slave to sit, how can the slave have spare time?" ”

Suo Etu said angrily: "Dog minion, don't pretend to me!" You can go to any house, and you have to go to Mingzhu! You're the best at everything, I don't know yet? The old man takes a fancy to you! ”

Gao Shiqi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "There are many unavoidable things in officialdom. Master Suo was so considerate, and the minion's heart was steady. ”

Suo Etu became tired and shouted, "Go down, the old man is sleepy and wants to sleep for a while." ”

Gao Shiqi got up from the ground at this time. After kneeling for too long, when he got up, Gao Shiqi only felt that his legs were sore, and his eyes were black. He stumbled backwards, and only at the turn did he dare to turn and walk forward. He walked through the winding corridors, the halls and halls, and the servants who came across him either did not see him or shouted at him. Gao Shiqi smiled and agreed, but his heart was dripping with hatred.

Unexpectedly, Gao Shiqi knelt on the ground and listened to Suo Etu's scolding, but Zu Zeshen bumped into him. Although Zu Zeshen is a fortune-teller for others all year round, he is not as good as the sky, and his own house was burned clean by a fire a few days ago. He wanted to find Suo E's plot to get a background and eat with his mouth. Although Suo Etu is out of power, it is still possible to find a job for others. When Zu Zeshen entered the door, he saw Suo Etu scolding Gao Shiqi dog minions. He hurriedly retreated, as if Gao Shiqi was kneeling on the ground and caught a glimpse of him. Zu Zeshen went out and thought about it for a long time, so he went to find Mingzhu. He originally wanted Suo Etu to find an errand in the palace, but he thought that he had seen Gao Shiqi's appearance, and it would be strange for Gao Shiqi not to kill him as long as he found time in the future. Gao Shiqi didn't actually see him, but he was just cowardly. He thought it would be better to ask Mingzhu for help and go to the yamen in other places to make a living.

When Gao Shiqi returned home, he began to be angry from the gatehouse, and when he saw people, he scolded the dog slave and scolded him in the guest hall. Gao Shiqi drank tea, sulked for a while, yelled at all his subordinates, and told his wife about the anger he was suffering from Suo Etu. When Madame listened, tears came out of her eyes, and she cried: "Master, you are now a six-grade middle school, what kind of crime is this?" Now that he himself has fallen, you are the emperor's celebrity, what are you afraid of him doing? ”

Gao Shiqi sighed: "The things in the court, you women just don't understand!" As the saying goes, turning your hands is a cloud, and turning your hands is rain. No one can know for sure what our emperor thinks. Suo Etu is unlucky today, and Mingzhu is proud; Maybe Ming'er Mingzhu is unlucky again, and Suo Etu is proud. Suo Etu has been meritorious for generations, and he is the uncle of the current queen, even if he is a sick tiger, he is also scary! ”

The lady wiped her tears and said, "Maybe you can only survive under this reckless man's crotch in this life?" ”

Gao Shiqi shook his head and sighed, and even burst into tears.

The housekeeper was tall and wanted to come in to do something, but when he saw that the people were standing outside, he didn't dare to enter the door, and asked in a low voice what was wrong. Gao Shiqi heard it inside and shouted, "Daman, come in." ”

Gao Daman hooked his body into the door, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he spoke lower: "Master, there is a rumor in the concierge that Yu Ziyi is here." ”

Gao Shiqi said: "Yu Ziyi? Let him in. ”

Gao Daman nodded and went out. Gao Shiqi let his wife in, her eyes were red, which made people look bad.

Everyone in the capital now knows Yu Ziyi, but they don't know how much he is worth, anyway, many houses and shops outside Xuanwu Gate are his. How do outsiders know that Yu Ziyi is just doing some business for Gao Shiqi. No one else knows how their business dividends are divided. Even the people in the Gao Mansion have only heard of Gao Daman, and they don't know all the details.

Gao Daman led Yu Ziyi in, and he withdrew. Without Gao Shiqi being polite, Yu Ziyi sat down by himself and bowed his hand to say goodbye: "Little brother hasn't come to see Master Gao for a few days." ”

Gao Shiqi said: "You just take care of the business, and you don't have to come to the house often." The old man is making the emperor pay more and more attention, and it is not good if you come too much. ”

Yu Ziyi said: "Congratulations to Lord Gao. The younger brother is also a person who knows things, and I will only come at night in the future. ”

Gao Shiqi smiled slightly: "Ziyi is a smart person and knows how to pay attention to officialdom. Say, what's the matter? ”

Yu Ziyi said: "The house that came into the sour jujube alley last year now has a next home, and the price is okay, is it okay?" ”

Gao Shiqi looked at Yu Ziyi with a smile and said, "Ziyi, I believe in you." ”

Yu Ziyi met Gao Shiqi's smiling eyes, looked at it for a while, and couldn't help but feel empty. He seemed to understand that Gao Shiqi said that he believed him, but he was actually not very relieved, so he hurriedly said: "The junior brother is grateful for the trust of Lord Gao, and the younger brother does not dare to be selfish." ”

Gao Shiqi nodded and said, "I said, I believe you, you can just look at the business matters." ”

Gao Shiqi no longer talked about business, and raised his hand to the north to talk about the emperor respectfully. Anything in the court, Yu Ziyi sounded like it was happening in the sky, and his mouth was open like a frog. This tall man is really amazing, and in his eyes he is simply the emperor. Gao Shiqi said a lot of things that the emperor was aware of, and what Yu Ziyi felt was not the wisdom of today's saints, but the truth of "making people ignorant, unless they do nothing". He secretly confessed to himself that he must not fool the tall man, otherwise he would not be able to eat and walk around.